Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes PD: Saddle Brook Police Help Detective Nab Landscaping Equipment Thief Franklin Lakes PD: Saddle Brook Police Help Detective Nab Landscaping Equipment Thief Franklin Lakes PD: Saddle Brook Police Help Detective Nab Landscaping Equipment Thief
Franklin Lakes PD: Saddle Brook Police Help Detective Nab Landscaping Equipment Thief With help from his Saddle Brook colleagues, a Franklin Lakes police detective identified and arrested a Wayne man who stole landscaping equipment, authorities said. Kenneth Newton, 46, was charged with two counts of theft for separate incidents on High Mountain Road -- on July 31 and Aug. 7 – following an investigation by Detective Jon Ryander. Newton was released pending a court hearing, Capt. John Bakelaar said.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 84, Struck By Car Remains In ICU Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 84, Struck By Car Remains In ICU Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 84, Struck By Car Remains In ICU
Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 84, Struck By Car Remains In ICU An 84-year-old Lyndhurst man remained in the Intensive Care Unit of Hackensack University Medical Center with severe head trauma after being struck by a car in the morning. Several witnesses told police that the victim was in the crosswalk when the 72-year-old Nutley driver made a left onto northbound Riverside Avenue from Kingsland Avenue and struck him around 7:30 a.m., Detective Vincent Auteri said. The driver told police the sun blinded him, Auteri said. No summonses or charges were expected, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Firefighters Douse Blaze Spread By Unattended Oven Fire Lyndhurst Firefighters Douse Blaze Spread By Unattended Oven Fire Lyndhurst Firefighters Douse Blaze Spread By Unattended Oven Fire
Lyndhurst Firefighters Douse Blaze Spread By Unattended Oven Fire A fire that began Tuesday morning in an unattended oven all but destroyed the upstairs apartment of a two-family house in Lyndhurst, authorities said. Everyone got out safely, they said, and no injuries were reported. Lyndhurst firefighters kept the fire from spreading after responding to the 11:31 a.m. call in the 700 block of Riverside Avenue, Police Detective Vince Auteri said. Assisting their township colleagues were firefighters from North Arlington and Rutherford, he said. The apartment was deemed uninhabitable, fire officials said. ****** ALSO SEE: An 84-year-old Lyndhurst man re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan PD: Quartet Responsible For Rash Of Bergen Car Thefts Busted Old Tappan PD: Quartet Responsible For Rash Of Bergen Car Thefts Busted Old Tappan PD: Quartet Responsible For Rash Of Bergen Car Thefts Busted
Old Tappan PD: Quartet Responsible For Rash Of Bergen Car Thefts Busted Thanks to a resident’s home surveillance video, Old Tappan police helped nab a Newark quartet who they said committed a rash of vehicle thefts in Bergen County and other areas of New Jersey over the past several months. Old Tappan Detective Robert Wacht and Officer Eugene Wilkins joined members of the State Police Auto Theft Task Force Interstate Theft North Unit for a series of early morning raids in Newark on Aug. 1, Police Chief Thomas Shine said Wednesday. The quartet they arrested are part of a six-member crew “responsible for the thefts of expensive vehicles in affluent communities th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Visiting Driver, 84, Plows BMW Into First-Floor Room Of Wyckoff Home Visiting Driver, 84, Plows BMW Into First-Floor Room Of Wyckoff Home Visiting Driver, 84, Plows BMW Into First-Floor Room Of Wyckoff Home
Visiting Driver, 84, Plows BMW Into First-Floor Room Of Wyckoff Home UPDATE: An 84-year-old New York State woman was hospitalized for evaluation after crashing her 2018 BMW through a wall and into a Wyckoff home she'd been visiting, authorities said. Police helped get the driver out of the sedan after it got wedged a first-floor room of the Harding Road home just before noon, Lt. Joseph Soto said. She was then taken to a local hospital for further evaluation after being treated by members of the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps, he said. Occupants of the home weren't injured. The vehicle then had to be winched out by a tow truck. Wyckoff firefighters and EMS also …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses
Roof Of Attached Paramus Garage Collapses Paramus building inspectors were examining a home Wednesday morning after the roof of an attached garage collapsed. Paramus police, firefighters and Rescue Squad members responded to the Hickory Avenue home after a  neighbor called 911. No one was injured. A subcode official from the borough Building Department was summoned to evaluate the home's suitability for continued occupancy. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered
Update: Bodies Of Teen Ramapo Lake Drowning Victims Recovered UPDATE: The bodies of a 17-year-old boy and girl from Essex County who drowned in Ramapo Lake in Oakland during Tuesday evening's storm were both recovered hours later, responders said. Matthew Poole and Isabella Brodsky were about to become seniors at Livingston High School. “They were swimming when the storm hit," a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "The boy went in to save the girl." Poole's body was recovered just before 9 p.m., nearly three hours after going under, he said. Brodsky's was found an hour or so later. Several dive teams responded to a staging area…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Downed Tree Ignites Saddle Brook Blaze PHOTOS/VIDEO: Downed Tree Ignites Saddle Brook Blaze PHOTOS/VIDEO: Downed Tree Ignites Saddle Brook Blaze
Photos/Video: Downed Tree Ignites Saddle Brook Blaze A fallen tree dragged power lines onto a pickup truck parked in a Saddle Brook driveway Tuesday night, igniting a fire that destroyed the vehicle and a detached garage. Power to several customers was cut during the 9:35 p.m. two-alarm blaze at the corner of Saddle River Road and Riverview Place, which also slightly damaged the house, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The tree fell on nearby Birk Street, bringing down the utility lines, Kugler said. Firefighters from Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Lodi, Paramus and Rochelle Park assisted their township colleagues. No injuries were repor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Officer Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Man Officer Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Man Officer Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Man
Officer Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Man An inexperienced police officer made an “unreasonable” decision in shooting and killing a Hasbrouck Heights man who’d jumped on the hood of his marked SUV near Dorney Park in Pennsylvania, authorities there said Tuesday. As a result, they’ve brought voluntary manslaughter charges against South Whitehall Township Officer Jonathan Roselle for the fatal July 28 shooting of Joseph Santos, a 44-year-old Paterson native who, records show, had recently moved to a garden apartment near the Hackensack border. Roselle shot Santos five times on the side of the road, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize $10,000 Worth Of Heroin, Crack, Xanax, $12,000+ Drug Cash Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize $10,000 Worth Of Heroin, Crack, Xanax, $12,000+ Drug Cash Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize $10,000 Worth Of Heroin, Crack, Xanax, $12,000+ Drug Cash
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Seize $10,000 Worth Of Heroin, Crack, Xanax, $12,000+ Drug Cash Passaic County sheriff’s detectives chased down an accused drug dealer and seized more than $10,000 worth of heroin, crack and Xanax -- along with more than $12,000 in suspected drug proceeds -- from his Paterson apartment, authorities said Tuesday. Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Narcotics Bureau investigators who’d been investigating 35-year-old Marquise Scott for two months watched early Monday night as he left his home, walked to 14th Avenue and East 21st Street, then handed a sedan driver drugs in exchange for cash. Scott spotted the detectives approaching and “took off on foot towards…

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